Principal Project Controller - Remote

Principal Project Controller - Remote, USA

If you want to shape the future of energy, we are looking for a Principal Project Controller to join our Engineering and Construction team!

The Principal Project Controller leads the integrated control framework for major renewable energy projects, ensuring full alignment across cost, schedule, risk, scope, and performance. This senior role provides strategic oversight, governance, and direction to project teams, acting as the key authority for project performance management across engineering, procurement, and construction phases. The position requires a strong technical and engineering background, the ability to influence multidisciplinary stakeholders, and the capability to guide project teams toward cost-effective, schedule-reliable, and risk-controlled execution.

The Principal is accountable for establishing project control standards, validating assumptions, driving performance optimizations, and ensuring compliance with corporate governance throughout the project lifecycle.

Lead the implementation of project controls methodologies across assigned projects, ensuring consistency with global PPC&RM standards.

Act as the primary decision-maker for cost, schedule, and risk control matters, advising Project Directors and senior leadership on performance strategies.

Ensure all technical, contractual, and execution assumptions supporting baselines are validated and documented.

Mentor and guide project controllers and analysts, promoting capability development and best practices.

Approve and maintain integrated cost baselines, ensuring alignment with engineering deliverables and contractual scopes.

Direct the monitoring of project expenditures, commitments, and forecasts; validate cost-to-complete and earned value assessments.

Identify cost optimization opportunities and drive cost-effective solutions with engineering, procurement, and construction teams.

Ensure timely reporting of cost deviations and corrective action plans.

Oversee development of integrated project schedules, including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and energization activities.

Validate the critical path, logic ties, resource allocations, and milestones for accuracy and feasibility.

Lead schedule performance reviews, variance analysis, and scenario planning for mitigation and recovery strategies.

Lead the development and maintenance of project risk registers and mitigation plans.

Facilitate structured risk workshops with engineering, safety, procurement, and construction leaders.

Identify opportunities for schedule acceleration, cost optimization, and design efficiency improvements.

Ensure risk-adjusted forecasts are incorporated into project decision-making and reporting.

Provide executive-level dashboards integrating cost, schedule, risk, engineering progress, and construction performance.

Ensure accurate, timely reporting to Project Directors, Leadership, and corporate functions.

Provide strategic recommendations backed by analytical and technical assessments.

Ensure alignment between engineering design packages, procurement timelines, logistics, and construction sequences.

Support procurement in supplier evaluations, bid alignment, and commercial negotiations through cost/schedule insights.

Ensure project controls compliance with corporate governance, contract management processes, and audit requirements.

Capture lessons learned from project execution and lead initiatives to implement improvements in processes, templates, and tools.

Drive adoption of digital tools and analytics to enhance project performance monitoring.

The minimum requirements for this role are:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical discipline (mandatory).

Minimum 7+ years of experience in project controls, project management, or equivalent roles for large-scale or multi-project portfolios.

Demonstrated leadership in managing integrated cost, schedule, and risk functions.

Strong technical background and familiarity with engineering drawings, construction processes, and EPC contract structures.

Experience working in a global matrix organization and leading cross-functional…